Category Archives: Technology
Asbestos, Payday Loans, and Russian Girls–When Will Google Fix The Spam Problem?
I’m working on an asbestos lawsuit involving Union Carbide Corporation. I thought I’d do a Google search for “Union Carbide asbestos” and the following result turned up at the top of page 3: Apparently, Google thinks someone out there might need a payday loan so they can buy bakelite asbestos from Russian girls giving hand [...]
Social Networking Doesn’t Matter to Mass Tort Firms
That’s the conclusion I’ve come to after spending the past several weeks pondering how much I should embrace Facebook and all things social. Here’s why I came to that decision. I can think of a handful of friends who have had car accidents and hired lawyers. If I weren’t a lawyer, I might ask one [...]
An Android Tablet Could Be The Ultimate Trial Lawyer Courtroom Aid
This sort of thing would never be possible with an iPad, because the Orwellian company would never give up enough control to developers to let this happen. But this is what I imagine myself doing in court in 3 years or less: Before trial, I load up all of my documentary and video evidence on [...]
How to create a self-signed certificate in Exchange 2007
Before I got into law, I was in IT. I still do some IT stuff from time to time, and am blogging about this so the next time I have to do it, I can just go to my blog instead of “The Googles.” This works very well: Here is how you generate a self-signed [...]
Will insurers raise your rates – or deny your claim – if you use social media?
They’re discussing that possibility across the pond. (Across the pond is how a supercilious American refers to the U.K. or Europe. By contrast, a supercilious European would refer to America as “the colonies.”) "Criminals are becoming increasingly sophisticated in their information gathering, even using Google Earth and Streetview to plan their burglaries with military precision. [...]
